These days mounting an iPod\/iPhone\/iPad on a Linux PC is an automatic task and all the synchronization operations, such as the music sync with Rythmbox, are supported or at least partially supported.<\/p>\n
The communication with these devices can take place thanks to the libimobiledevice<\/a> library with the help of fuse<\/a> (filesystem in userspace) and several other libraries and applications. For a clearer picture of the involved libraries you can have a look at this software stack diagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n Unfortunately, having the same functionality in a Linux embedded device such as a Set-Top-Box or a Digital Receiver is not easy because all the applications are part or depend strongly on GNOME or KDE that normally are not available in these systems. In this post I focus only on how to compile all the required libraries for mounting an iPod\/iPhone\/iPad as a storage device. Requirements<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Fuse needs a kernel driver that is already included in the mainline kernel. In the kernel configuration you find this option under the Filesystem menu. You can compile it as a module or in-kernel. If you choose the former, the module will be called fuse.ko.<\/p>\n Environment configuration<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Suppose that we want to install all the libraries in \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local<\/em>. Set the following environment variables:<\/p>\n Package: libusb-1.0.8.tar.bz2<\/a><\/p>\n This package is required by libimobiledevice<\/em>.<\/p>\n libplist<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Package: libplist-1.3.tar.bz2<\/a><\/p>\n This package is required by libimobiledevice<\/em>.<\/p>\n The compilation of libplist is different because it uses cmake. Then create the build directory, compile and install:<\/p>\n Package: usbmuxd-1.0.4.tar.bz2<\/a><\/p>\n This package is needed by libimobiledevice<\/em>.<\/p>\n usbmux uses cmake too. Therefore, the procedure is the same as liplist:<\/p>\n Create the file toolchain.cmake<\/em> with the same contents as with libplist-1.3<\/em> or just copy it to the current directory usbmuxd-1.0.4<\/em>.<\/p>\n Then create the build directory, compile and install:<\/p>\n libgpg-error<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Package: libgpg-error-1.7.tar.gz<\/a><\/p>\n This package is needed by libgcrypt<\/em>.<\/p>\n libgcrypt<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Package: libgcrypt-1.4.6.tar.gz<\/a><\/p>\n This package is needed by gnutls<\/em><\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> I didn’t need to modify these Makefiles when using an updated STLinux2.3. But if you haven’t done an ‘stmyum update’<\/em> lately, maybe you’ll need to modify them. Edit the src\/Makefile<\/em>: Compile and install:<\/p>\n libtans1<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Package: libtasn1-2.7.tar.gz<\/a><\/p>\n This package is needed by libimobiledevice<\/em>.<\/p>\n gnutls<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Package: gnutls-2.8.6.tar.bz2<\/a><\/p>\n This package is needed by libimobiledevice<\/em>.<\/p>\n Edit the files src\/Makefile<\/em>, doc\/Makefile<\/em> and doc\/examples\/Makefile<\/em>: libimobiledevice<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Package: libimobiledevice-1.0.2.tar.bz2<\/a><\/p>\n Edit the file tools\/Makefile<\/em>: Compile and install:<\/p>\n fuse<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Package: fuse-2.8.4<\/a><\/p>\n ifuse<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n Package: ifuse-1.0.0.tar.bz2<\/a><\/p>\n Edit the file src\/Makefile<\/em>: Compile and install:<\/p>\n Mounting the device<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n At this point you should be able to mount your iPod\/iPhone as a storage device. Some iPods can have a partition, like \/dev\/sda1, formatted as VFAT of HFS+, depending on where you use it. Some others, like the iPod shuffle, doesn’t have a partition, so you’ll see them as \/dev\/sda.<\/p>\n Assuming that you want to mount it in \/media\/ipod<\/em>, that it has partition \/dev\/sdb1<\/em>, and it’s formatted in VFAT, you can mount it as a normal storage device:<\/p>\n For HFS+ is the same. Notice that your kernel must be compiled for supporting this filesystem:<\/p>\n Now you can browse in \/media\/ipod<\/em> and you’ll see the contents of your iPod’s filesystem!<\/p>\n References<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n These days mounting an iPod\/iPhone\/iPad on a Linux PC is an automatic task and all the synchronization operations, such as the music sync with Rythmbox, are supported or at least partially supported. 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\nHowever, all the libraries can be cross-compiled allowing to mount an iPod\/iPhone\/iPad as a storage device.
\nOf course, if you want to synchronize your data such as music or videos, you’ll have to develop your own application or port an existing one.<\/p>\n
\nIf the Set-Top-Box have a media player with the required codecs, they will be able, at least, to play the content.<\/p>\n
\n\/mnt\/target is the top directory of the target’s filesystem that could be mounted via NFS.
\nAssume that the cross-toolchain (compiler, linker\u2026) is already in your path.<\/p>\n\n$ export PREFIX=\/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\n$ export HOST=sh4-linux\n$ export BUILD=i386-linux\n$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PREFIX\/lib\n$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH\/pkgconfig\n<\/pre>\n
\nlibusb<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX --disable-static --disable-log\n$ make\n$ make install\n<\/pre>\n
\nCreate a file toolchain.cmake<\/em> with the following contents. Modify the cross-compiler variables according to your path:<\/p>\n\n# this one is important\nSET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)\n#this one not so much\nSET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION 1)\n\n# specify the cross compiler\nSET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER \/opt\/STM\/STLinux-2.3\/devkit\/sh4\/bin\/sh4-linux-gcc)\nSET(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER \/opt\/STM\/STLinux-2.3\/devkit\/sh4\/bin\/sh4-linux-g++)\n\n# where is the target environment \nSET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local)\n\n# search for programs in the build host directories\nSET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)\n# for libraries and headers in the target directories\nSET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)\nSET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)\n<\/pre>\n
\n$ mkdir build\n$ cd build\n$ cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=..\/toolchain.cmake ..\n$ make DESTDIR=$PREFIX install\n<\/pre>\n
\nusbmuxd<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n\n$ cd usbmuxd-1.0.4\n$ cp ..\/libplist-1.3\/toolchain.cmake .\n<\/pre>\n
\n$ mkdir build\n$ cd build\n$ cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=..\/toolchain.cmake ..\n$ make DESTDIR=$PREFIX install\n<\/pre>\n
\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX\n$ make\n$ make install\n<\/pre>\n
\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX --with-gpg-error-prefix=$PREFIX\n<\/pre>\n
\nEdit the Makefile<\/em>:
\nRemove from the variables DIST_SUBDIRS<\/em> and SUBDIRS<\/em> the directory ‘tests’<\/p>\n
\nSet the following variables to the given values:<\/p>\n\nGPG_ERROR_CFLAGS = \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/include\nGPG_ERROR_CONFIG =\nGPG_ERROR_LIBS = \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libgpg-error.so.0.7.0\nlibgcrypt_la_LIBADD = \n\t..\/cipher\/libcipher.la \n\t..\/random\/librandom.la \n\t..\/mpi\/libmpi.la \n\t\/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libgpg-error.so.0.7.0\n<\/pre>\n
\n$ make\n$ make install\n<\/pre>\n
\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX\n$ make\n$ make install\n<\/pre>\n
\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX \n--with-libgcrypt-prefix=$PREFIX --enable-large_files --disable-gtk-doc-html\n<\/pre>\n
\nSet LDFLAGS<\/em> to this value:<\/p>\n\nLDFLAGS = \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libgcrypt.so \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libgpg-error.so\n<\/pre>\n
\n$ make\n$ make install\n<\/pre>\n
\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX \nlibusbmuxd_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\" libusbmuxd_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \nlibgnutls_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\" libgnutls_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \nlibtasn1_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\" libtasn1_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \nlibplist_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\" libplist_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \nlibglib2_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include -I$PREFIX\/lib\/glib-2.0\/include\" libglib2_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \n--without-swig\n<\/pre>\n
\nSet LDFLAGS<\/em> to this value:<\/p>\n\nLDFLAGS = \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libgcrypt.so \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libgpg-error.so \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libplist.so \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libtasn1.so \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libusbmuxd.so \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libgnutls.so\n<\/pre>\n
\n$ make\n$ make install\n<\/pre>\n
\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX\n$ make\n$ make DESTDIR=$PREFIX install\n<\/pre>\n
\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX \nCFLAGS=-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 \nlibimobiledevice_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\" libimobiledevice_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \nlibglib2_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\/glib-2.0 -I$PREFIX\/lib\/glib-2.0\/include\" libglib2_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \nlibgthread2_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\" libgthread2_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \nlibfuse_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\" libfuse_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\"\n<\/pre>\n
\nSet libfuse_LIBS<\/em> to this value:<\/p>\n\nlibfuse_LIBS = -L\/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib -lfuse -limobiledevice -lgnutls -lplist -lusbmuxd\n<\/pre>\n
\n$ make\n$ make install\n<\/pre>\n
\n$ mount -t vfat -o usefree \/dev\/sdb1 \/media\/ipod\n<\/pre>\n
\n$ mount -t hfsplus -o ro \/dev\/sdb1 \/media\/ipod\n<\/pre>\n
\n
![software stack diagram<\/a>. <\/p>\nUnfortunately, having the same functionality in a Linux embedded device such as a Set-Top-Box or a Digital Receiver is not easy because all the applications are part or depend strongly on GNOME or KDE that normally are not available in these systems.\nHowever, all the libraries can be cross-compiled allowing to mount an iPod\/iPhone\/iPad as a storage device.\nOf course, if you want to synchronize your data such as music or videos, you’ll have to develop your own application or port an existing one.<\/p>\nIn this post I focus only on how to compile all the required libraries for mounting an iPod\/iPhone\/iPad as a storage device.\nIf the Set-Top-Box have a media player with the required codecs, they will be able, at least, to play the content.<\/p>\nRequirements<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\nFuse needs a kernel driver that is already included in the mainline kernel. In the kernel configuration you find this option under the Filesystem menu. You can compile it as a module or in-kernel. If you choose the former, the module will be called fuse.ko.<\/p>\nEnvironment configuration<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\nSuppose that we want to install all the libraries in \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local<\/em>.\n\/mnt\/target is the top directory of the target’s filesystem that could be mounted via NFS.\nAssume that the cross-toolchain (compiler, linker\u2026) is already in your path.<\/p>\nSet the following environment variables:<\/p>\n\n$ export PREFIX=\/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\n$ export HOST=sh4-linux\n$ export BUILD=i386-linux\n$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PREFIX\/lib\n$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH\/pkgconfig\n<\/pre>\n\nlibusb<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\nPackage: libusb-1.0.8.tar.bz2<\/a><\/p>\nThis package is required by libimobiledevice<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX --disable-static --disable-log\n$ make\n$ make install\n<\/pre>\nlibplist<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\nPackage: libplist-1.3.tar.bz2<\/a><\/p>\nThis package is required by libimobiledevice<\/em>.<\/p>\nThe compilation of libplist is different because it uses cmake.\nCreate a file toolchain.cmake<\/em> with the following contents. Modify the cross-compiler variables according to your path:<\/p>\n\n# this one is important\nSET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)\n#this one not so much\nSET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION 1)\n\n# specify the cross compiler\nSET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER \/opt\/STM\/STLinux-2.3\/devkit\/sh4\/bin\/sh4-linux-gcc)\nSET(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER \/opt\/STM\/STLinux-2.3\/devkit\/sh4\/bin\/sh4-linux-g++)\n\n# where is the target environment \nSET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local)\n\n# search for programs in the build host directories\nSET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)\n# for libraries and headers in the target directories\nSET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)\nSET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)\n<\/pre>\nThen create the build directory, compile and install:<\/p>\n\n$ mkdir build\n$ cd build\n$ cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=..\/toolchain.cmake ..\n$ make DESTDIR=$PREFIX install\n<\/pre>\n\nusbmuxd<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\nPackage: usbmuxd-1.0.4.tar.bz2<\/a><\/p>\nThis package is needed by libimobiledevice<\/em>.<\/p>\nusbmux uses cmake too. Therefore, the procedure is the same as liplist:<\/p>\nCreate the file toolchain.cmake<\/em> with the same contents as with libplist-1.3<\/em> or just copy it to the current directory usbmuxd-1.0.4<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n$ cd usbmuxd-1.0.4\n$ cp ..\/libplist-1.3\/toolchain.cmake .\n<\/pre>\nThen create the build directory, compile and install:<\/p>\n\n$ mkdir build\n$ cd build\n$ cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=..\/toolchain.cmake ..\n$ make DESTDIR=$PREFIX install\n<\/pre>\nlibgpg-error<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\nPackage: libgpg-error-1.7.tar.gz<\/a><\/p>\nThis package is needed by libgcrypt<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX\n$ make\n$ make install\n<\/pre>\nlibgcrypt<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\nPackage: libgcrypt-1.4.6.tar.gz<\/a><\/p>\nThis package is needed by gnutls<\/em><\/p>\n\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX --with-gpg-error-prefix=$PREFIX\n<\/pre>\nNote:<\/strong> I didn’t need to modify these Makefiles when using an updated STLinux2.3. But if you haven’t done an ‘stmyum update’<\/em> lately, maybe you’ll need to modify them.\nEdit the Makefile<\/em>:\nRemove from the variables DIST_SUBDIRS<\/em> and SUBDIRS<\/em> the directory ‘tests’<\/p>\nEdit the src\/Makefile<\/em>:\nSet the following variables to the given values:<\/p>\n\nGPG_ERROR_CFLAGS = \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/include\nGPG_ERROR_CONFIG =\nGPG_ERROR_LIBS = \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libgpg-error.so.0.7.0\nlibgcrypt_la_LIBADD = \n\t..\/cipher\/libcipher.la \n\t..\/random\/librandom.la \n\t..\/mpi\/libmpi.la \n\t\/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libgpg-error.so.0.7.0\n<\/pre>\nCompile and install:<\/p>\n\n$ make\n$ make install\n<\/pre>\nlibtans1<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\nPackage: libtasn1-2.7.tar.gz<\/a><\/p>\nThis package is needed by libimobiledevice<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX\n$ make\n$ make install\n<\/pre>\ngnutls<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\nPackage: gnutls-2.8.6.tar.bz2<\/a><\/p>\nThis package is needed by libimobiledevice<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX \n--with-libgcrypt-prefix=$PREFIX --enable-large_files --disable-gtk-doc-html\n<\/pre>\nEdit the files src\/Makefile<\/em>, doc\/Makefile<\/em> and doc\/examples\/Makefile<\/em>:\nSet LDFLAGS<\/em> to this value:<\/p>\n\nLDFLAGS = \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libgcrypt.so \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libgpg-error.so\n<\/pre>\n\n$ make\n$ make install\n<\/pre>\nlibimobiledevice<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\nPackage: libimobiledevice-1.0.2.tar.bz2<\/a><\/p>\n\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX \nlibusbmuxd_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\" libusbmuxd_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \nlibgnutls_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\" libgnutls_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \nlibtasn1_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\" libtasn1_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \nlibplist_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\" libplist_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \nlibglib2_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include -I$PREFIX\/lib\/glib-2.0\/include\" libglib2_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \n--without-swig\n<\/pre>\nEdit the file tools\/Makefile<\/em>:\nSet LDFLAGS<\/em> to this value:<\/p>\n\nLDFLAGS = \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libgcrypt.so \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libgpg-error.so \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libplist.so \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libtasn1.so \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libusbmuxd.so \/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib\/libgnutls.so\n<\/pre>\nCompile and install:<\/p>\n\n$ make\n$ make install\n<\/pre>\nfuse<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\nPackage: fuse-2.8.4<\/a><\/p>\n\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX\n$ make\n$ make DESTDIR=$PREFIX install\n<\/pre>\nifuse<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\nPackage: ifuse-1.0.0.tar.bz2<\/a><\/p>\n\n$ .\/configure --build=$BUILD --host=$HOST --prefix=$PREFIX \nCFLAGS=-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 \nlibimobiledevice_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\" libimobiledevice_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \nlibglib2_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\/glib-2.0 -I$PREFIX\/lib\/glib-2.0\/include\" libglib2_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \nlibgthread2_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\" libgthread2_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\" \nlibfuse_CFLAGS=\"-I$PREFIX\/include\" libfuse_LIBS=\"-L$PREFIX\/lib\"\n<\/pre>\nEdit the file src\/Makefile<\/em>:\nSet libfuse_LIBS<\/em> to this value:<\/p>\n\nlibfuse_LIBS = -L\/mnt\/target\/usr\/local\/lib -lfuse -limobiledevice -lgnutls -lplist -lusbmuxd\n<\/pre>\nCompile and install:<\/p>\n\n$ make\n$ make install\n<\/pre>\nMounting the device<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\nAt this point you should be able to mount your iPod\/iPhone as a storage device. Some iPods can have a partition, like \/dev\/sda1, formatted as VFAT of HFS+, depending on where you use it. Some others, like the iPod shuffle, doesn’t have a partition, so you’ll see them as \/dev\/sda.<\/p>\nAssuming that you want to mount it in \/media\/ipod<\/em>, that it has partition \/dev\/sdb1<\/em>, and it’s formatted in VFAT, you can mount it as a normal storage device:<\/p>\n\n$ mount -t vfat -o usefree \/dev\/sdb1 \/media\/ipod\n<\/pre>\nFor HFS+ is the same. Notice that your kernel must be compiled for supporting this filesystem:<\/p>\n\n$ mount -t hfsplus -o ro \/dev\/sdb1 \/media\/ipod\n<\/pre>\nNow you can browse in \/media\/ipod<\/em> and you’ll see the contents of your iPod’s filesystem!<\/p>\nReferences<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n\nlibimobiledevice<\/a><\/li>\nfuse<\/a>\nCross-compiling using cmake<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These days mounting an iPod\/iPhone\/iPad on a Linux PC is an automatic task and all the synchronization operations, such as the music sync with Rythmbox, are supported or at least partially supported. 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